Bed-spring



l. B. AND J. MAGARIELLO.

BED SPRING.

APPLICATION men SEPT; 16, 1220.

1,392,954. Pafented Oct. 11,1921.

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JOHN B. MAGARIELLO AND JOSEPH MAGABIELLO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BED-SPRING.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 10,613.

T 0 aZZ whom may concern Be it known that we, JOHN B. ivlnoiiiunnno and Josnrn, TVIAGABIFLLU, citizens of the United States, bot-h residing at New York city, borough of lrlanhattan in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bed-Spring. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed sprin s the object of the invention is to pro le an improved spring which will facilitate cleaning under a bed. i

It is a well known fact that dirt, lint, etc, rapidly accumulate under a bed and can only be removed by reaching in under the side of the bed with a broom or a vacuum cleaner. In full size beds, more especially, it is practically impossible to thoroughly remove accumulated dirt from beneath the bed and, more particularly, where a bed stands in a corner and close to a wall.

The object of the present invention is to provide a spring so formed that it may be folded in a simple and expeditious manner to allow a person to sweep through the frame of a bed, while standing in an upright position, thereby obviating the prior practice of reaching in under the edge of the bed and assuring more thorough cleaning of the floor beneath the same.

In the preferred practical manner of can rying out the present invention, we joint the spring at its center, so that its opposite ends may be folded up on a transverse axis to gain access to the floor beneath the bed, that the bottom half of the spring may be folded up and the floor thereunder swept and thereafter folded down and the upper half of said spring lifted to allow the other half of the subjacent floor to be cleaned. This foldin of the spring:- may be accom plished while the bed clothing is in place thereon, so as not to necessitate the removal of the bed clothing when it is desired to sweep the room.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparentfrom the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the present inven tion, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig.

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1 of the present invention or s bodies 1 rectangular in shape and preferably formed of angle iron construetion as shown. The side bars of the frame are divided intermediate their ends into two parts which are secured together by hing 2. These hinges are firmly ri'voted to ill". adjacent ends of the side bar sections, as shown in Fig. 1, and result in a structure. either end of which is capable of pivotal movement relative to the other. That is to say, one half of the frame to the right in Fig. 1 may be tilted up with relation to that half at the left of Fi 1 and vice versa. The frame 1 serves as a support for the spring 3 of any suitable construction stretched between the side and end bars of the frame so as to form a resilient support for the mattress, adapted to be superimposed thereon in the usual manner.

' The spring thus far described may be laid on the usual supports within the frame of a bedstead and function in the usual manner therein. However, we preferably elovate the spring by means of a suitable under structure so that it will set hi er in bedstead and in the position common in b as now constructed. To this end, there arranged beneath the frame 1 four transverse supporting elements l 5. G and 7. All of these supporting elements are the same in structure and are formed of'substantially U-shaped T-section iron. The upper ends of each U-shaped element are secured to the opposite side bars of the frame 1, while the horizontal or base portion of each element is adapted to rest, at its opposite ends, upon the side bars 8 of the bedstead. after the manner shown in Fig. 4.

The supporting elements 4 and 5 are arranged adjacent the opposite ends of the frame 1, while the supporting elements 6 and 7 are arranged adjacent the center of the frame and at either side of the axis of pivotal movement of the hinges so that each longitudinal half of the frame may be sepbed, it only 'struction,

arately supported for the purpose of relieving the frame of strains during normal use. Each supporting element is preferably braced by suitable braces or struts 9, while the two supporting; elements beneath each section of the frame are maintained in spaced relation by a spacing bar 10, so that a very rigid and non-yielding construction results. The supporting elements are preterably riveted to the frame, the braces are riveted in place and the spacing members are merely secured in position so be no swayingdue to lost motion.

The spring described is adapted to be supported in a bedstead ir the usual position with the inwardly turned fiauq'es of the side bars 8 of the bedstead underlying the opposite ends of the respective supporting; elements 4, 5, 6 and 7, whereby the frame 1 is supported thereby in a raised position with respect to the side bars of the bedstead and upon the spring 3 the mattress is positioned in the conventional way. Vi ith'such a spring construction, it is apparent that when a person desires to sweep beneath the necessary to lift the longitudinal halves of the spring; structure in succession, sweeping under each in turn and thereafter lowering-the same to normal position in order to easily and eflieiently clean that portion of the floor beneath the cd. As the bed is usually made up by tucking the spread or upper cover between the mattress and spring, it is apparent that sweepingmay take place even while the bed is made up without necessitating the removal of. the bed clothes or mattress.

The present invention is simple in con highly efficient in use, and enthe necessity of a housetirely overcomes wife sweeping under a'bed or lying prac tically prone upon a floor. As it has heretofore been difficult to sweep under a' bed, proper cleansing of the floor. beneath the same is frequently overlooked or not give the attention which it warrants. When the present invention is employed, however, there can be no excuse for failure to keep the floor beneath the bed in as clean condition that there will as throughout the rest of the room, since the spring may be manipulated as described in a simple easy manner and without requiring any appreciable loss of time. 7

Having thus fully described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to connecting the supports to the respective sections.

Q. A bed spring" embodying a flat frame all parts of which lie in substantially the same plane, said tramebeing divided transverselyintermediate its head and toot into two substantially oi the side rails of which seetionsare hinged directly to one another, a mattress carrying elementstretchedin the frame under transverse tension and substantially tree from longitudinal tension, and means, other than the sides o1? theirame and positioned below the plane ofthe frame for individually sup-' porting; the sections ofthe frame within the bedstead and simultaneously precluding flexing of the U-shaped sections of the frame, when weightis imposed upon the mattress supporting element, whereby the frame is supported and maintained in shape without dividing the spring into; comfort Zones, each section of the frame being tiltable with respect to the other section to permit cleaning under the bed with which the spring is associated without necessitating the removal of the spring from the bed.

In testimony whereof, we havesigned our names to this specification.

J 'OHN l3. l/IAGARIELLO.

JOSEPH MAGARIELLO.

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